James Cameron settles the Titanic debate if ‘Jack could’ve survived on the floating door’ by recreating the scene with scientists; watch video

Titanic is celebrating 25 years anniversary since the film's Best Picture victory at the 1998 Oscars. 25 years later, James Cameron has finally settled the debate on his Oscar-winning epic Titanic’s floating door scene, a topic that has long been discussed by fans.

 

James Cameron settles the Titanic debate if ‘Jack could’ve survived on the floating door’ by recreating the scene with scientists; watch video

 

As shared by Entertainment Weekly, ahead of the film's February 10 theatrical re-release, the filmmaker puts the speculation to rest in the upcoming National Geographic special Titanic: 25 Years Later With James Cameron. In it, Cameron recreates the scene with a team of scientists to test four different scenarios in which Jack actually climbed aboard the wreckage, too.

 

 

 

After performing the first round, Cameron observes, "Jack and Rose are able to get on the raft, but now they're both submerged in dangerous levels of freezing water." In the next round, the crew positions both actors on the raft so that their upper bodies, including their vital organs, are lifted out of the water, improving their chances of survival.

 

"Out of the water, [his body's] violent shaking was helping him," Cameron continues. "Projecting it out, he could've made it pretty long. Like, hours." In the final test, the actors perform all of the physically strenuous actions Jack and Rose went through prior to finding the floating door. Additionally, they add an extra scene where Rose in the experiment gives Jack a life jacket for extra security.

 

"He's stabilized," Cameron says. "He got into a place where if we projected that out, he just might've made it until the lifeboat got there. Jack might've lived, but there's a lot of variables. I think his thought process was, 'I'm not going to do one thing that jeopardized her,' and that's 100 percent in character."

 

Meanwhile, Kate Winslet has also weighed in on the long-gestating debate during the promotional tour for Avatar: The Way of Water. "I have to be honest: I actually don't believe that we would have survived if we had both gotten on that door. I think he would have fit, but it would have tipped and it would not have been a sustainable idea," Winslet said in December.

 

"So, you heard it here for the first time,” she added. “Yes, he could have fit on that door, but it would not have stayed afloat. It wouldn't." Titanic: 25 Years Later With James Cameron premieres on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on National Geographic.

 

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